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Caesar the dog had separation anxiety — but found his perfect home with Risdon prison program

Caesar used to be a shy and anxious dog that nobody wanted, but after prisoners participating in a program fell in love with him, he's now enjoying a life sentence at Risdon Prison — and the inmates are feeling the benefits as well.

ABC News

After 30 years, man wrongfully convicted of murder is free

As he languished in a Missouri prison for nearly three decades, Lamar Johnson never stopped fighting to prove his innocence, even when it meant doing much of the legal work himself

The Independent UK

Former Theranos exec seeks to avoid lengthy prison sentence

Former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani has returned to federal court in a last-ditch attempt to stay out of prison while he's appealing a jury’s verdict convicting him of orchestrating a blood-testing hoax with his former boss and lover, Elizabeth Holmes

The Independent UK

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Liverpool crime gang caught delivering heroin to Wales by covert police operation

Sending five conspirators to prison, a judge described peddling heroin as an "evil trade" which destroyed communities

Wales Online

Reason Files FOIA Lawsuit Against Bureau of Prisons for Inmate Death Records

Reason reported in 2020 on allegations of fatal medical neglect inside two federal women's prisons. The Bureau of Prisons heavily redacted reports that would show if women died of inadequate care.

Reason

WA food bank comes up with unlikely solution to soaring demand for support services

As Louise prepares charity food packs, she admits that for the first time in a while, she looks forward to waking up and coming to work. You can't tell but she's a little different to the other volunteers at the Perth Foodbank. Louise is a prisoner.

ABC News

'Johno team' dealer dies in HMP Altcourse as prison slammed for healthcare failings

Sean Roddy became seriously unwell but was not admitted to the privately run jail's prison wing

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Savannah Chrisley says ‘it’s really weird’ seeing imprisoned father Todd with gray hair

Reality star Todd Chrisley has a new look these days, a month after starting his 12-year prison sentence for tax evasion and bank fraud in January.

Los Angeles Times

Three men jailed for life after they intervened in violent dispute and killed 'wrong man'

Kane, Adamson, 19, Joshua Prescott, 20 and Ben Dawber, 19 were all sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Thomas Williamson, 30 who they fatally stabbed to death in the street after mistaking him for someone else.

Daily Record

Inside abandoned $2million prison with unbreakable walls - until inmates escaped

A prison in Florida, US, which opened in April 1978, has been left abandoned after violent inmates planned multiple escapes in the 46 capacity jail that had just 13 staff

Daily Mirror

Feds want 25 more years in jail for R. Kelly on Chicago conviction, saying he’s shown no remorse for years of sexual abuse

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors in Chicago are asking for a 25-year consecutive prison sentence for R. Kelly for his conviction last year on child pornography charges, saying he’s a “serial sexual predator” who has shown no remorse for his crimes and tried to blame his victims for their own abuse.

Chicago Tribune

U.S. prosecutors ask for 25 more years in prison for R. Kelly

The additional sentence from last year's child pornography and enticement convictions in Chicago would add to 30 years the R&B singer and songwriter recently began serving in a New York case.

WEKU

UK embassy guard in Berlin gets prison for spying for Russia

A former security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for putting U.K. diplomats at “maximum risk” by selling secret information to Russia

The Independent UK

Man threatened with prison time after putting two fingers up to judge who jailed his brother

The judge made Ashley Griffiths apologise for his actions

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The Independent UK

Prison officer denies ‘right wing terrorism’ offences

Ashley Neil Sharp was given conditional bail and will appear for trial on May 2.

The Guardian - UK

Transgender prison row heightens safety fears in Scotland’s LGBTQ+ community

Isla Bryson case has led to climate of growing hostility towards trans people, say equality campaigners

Chicago Sun-Times

Feds seek R. Kelly sentence that would virtually guarantee singer never walks free

Prosecutors have asked a federal judge to sentence Kelly, 56, to a quarter-century in prison as a result of his conviction in Chicago last summer. They said Kelly should not begin serving that sentence until after he has finished serving a 30-year federal prison sentence for racketeering.

Daily Mirror

Celebrities JAILED in new dark Channel 4 show which is set to be a 'tough watch'

A new Channel 4 show will send celebrities to jail in order to get a taste of what life is really like in prison

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Could California be the latest state to restore voting rights to people with felony convictions?

Proposal would allow prisoners to vote in what advocates see as a matter of racial justice – but challenges lie ahead

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: It’s time to abolish long-term solitary confinement

Texas prisoners living in solitary confinement are leading a hunger strike and risking starvation to highlight the cruelty they face on a daily basis — and that is only the most recent high-profile reminder of the horrors of long-term solitary confinement. Prolonged isolation is a devastating practice and a moral…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Missouri wrongly convicted them. They shouldn’t need to beg with a GoFundMe to get by

Lamar Johnson, and Kevin Strickland before him, are the first two beneficiaries so far of a measure Missouri lawmakers approved two years ago giving local prosecutors an avenue to correct a grave injustice. Under the new law, a prosecutor may, at any time, file a motion for a judge to…

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Free after 14 years in prison for selling medical weed, California man aims to change US law

It’s the little things — going to the grocery store, cleaning the house, finishing yardwork — that Luke Scarmazzo is grateful for after being imprisoned for something that very likely wouldn’t land him there now.

Glasgow Live

Gangland hitman attends dad's funeral in Glasgow handcuffed to prison guard

William Paterson arrived at the funeral at Glasgow Crematorium handcuffed to a male security officer. The 43-year-old is serving a life sentence for the 2010 murder.

Daily Mirror

Death in Paradise first look as bad news arrives for Neville as he struggles in jail

Death in Paradise will air the second episode of a two part story, as Neville Parker finds himself imprisoned over a murder he says he didn't commit

The Independent UK

US prosecutors ask for 25 more years in prison for R. Kelly

Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to give singer R. Kelly 25 more years in prison for his child pornography and enticement convictions last year in Chicago

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